Joseph Mascaro. Jointly with: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution Balboa, Republic of Panama

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1 Joseph Mascaro Postdoctoral Associate Department of Global Ecology Carnegie Institution for Science 260 Panama St. Stanford, CA Phone: (650) ext. 217 Fax: Mobile: (734) Jointly with: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution Balboa, Republic of Panama Education Ph.D., Biological Sciences. The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, B.S., with Distinction. Honors in Resource Ecology and Management. The University of Michigan, Research Interests Global climate change and tropical forest carbon balance Ecosystem- and community-level attributes of novel, exotic-dominated ecosystems Peer-Reviewed Publications Mascaro, J., C. M. Litton, R. F. Hughes, A. Uowolo, and S. A. Schnitzer Minimizing bias in tree biomass allometry: model selection and log-transformation of data. Biotropica: in press. Asner, G. P., R. F. Hughes, J. Mascaro, D. E. Knapp, J. Jacobson, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, J. Clark, A. Balaji High-resolution carbon mapping on the million-hectare Island of Hawaii. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: in press. Mascaro, J., G. P. Asner, H. C. Muller-Landau, M. van Breugel, J. Hall, and K. Dahlin Controls over aboveground carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Biogeosciences 8: Mascaro, J. and S. A. Schnitzer Dominance by the introduced tree Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn) may limit aboveground carbon storage in Southern Wisconsin forests. Forest Ecology and Management 261: Mascaro, J Eighty years of succession in a non-commercial planting on Hawai i Island: are native species returning? Pacific Science 65:

2 Peer-reviewed Publications (continued) Asner, G. P., J. Mascaro, J. Clark., and G. Powell Reply to Skole et al.: regarding highresolution carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108: E13-E14. Asner, G. P., G. Powell, J. Mascaro, D. E. Knapp, J. Jacobson, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, J. Clark, A. Balaji, L. Secada, and R. F. Hughes High-resolution carbon stocks and emissions in the Amazon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107: DeWalt, S. J., S. A. Schnitzer, J. Chave, F. Bongers, R. Burnham, Z. Cai, G. Chuyong, D. B. Clark, C. E. N. Ewango, J. J. Gerwing, E. Gortaire, T. Hart, G. Ibarra-Manríquez, J. Mascaro, S. Moses, H. C. Muller-Landau, M. P. E. Parren, N. Parthasarathy, D. R. Pérez-Salicrup, F. E. Putz, H. Romero-Saltos, and D. Thomas Annual rainfall and seasonality predict pan-tropical patterns of liana density and basal area. Biotropica 42: Mascaro, J., K. K. Becklund, R. F. Hughes, and S. A. Schnitzer Limited native plant regeneration in novel, exotic-dominated forests on Hawai i. Forest Ecology and Management 256: (Featured in Nature 460: ). Schnitzer, S. A., J. Mascaro, and W. P. Carson Treefall gaps, forest regeneration and the maintenance of plant species diversity. In S. A. Schnitzer and W. P. Carson, eds. Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Mascaro, J. and S. A. Schnitzer Rhamnus cathartica L. (common buckthorn) as an ecosystem dominant in Southern Wisconsin forests. Northeastern Naturalist 14: Mascaro, J., I. Perfecto, O. Barros, D. H. Boucher, I. Granzow de la Cerda, J. Ruiz, and J. Vandermeer Aboveground biomass accumulation in a tropical wet forest in Nicaragua following a catastrophic hurricane disturbance. Biotropica 37: Mascaro, J., S. A. Schnitzer, and W. P. Carson Liana diversity, abundance, and mortality in a tropical wet forest in Costa Rica. Forest Ecology and Management 190: Other Publications Davis, M. A., M. K. Chew, R. J. Hobbs, A. E. Lugo, J. J. Ewel, G. J. Vermeij, J. H. Brown, M. L. Rosenzweig, M. R. Gardener, S. P. Carroll, K. Thompson, S. T. A. Pickett, J. C. Stromberg, P. Del Tredici, K. N. Suding, J. G. Ehrenfeld, J. P. Grime, J. Mascaro, and J. C. Briggs Don t judge species on their origins. Nature 474: Mascaro, J Fly me to HD 10180g. Los Angeles Times Op-Ed. Mascaro, J Novel ecosystems dominated by introduced species: community- and ecosystem-level effects in Wisconsin and Hawai i. Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. 2

3 Other Publications (continued) Asner, G. P., R. F. Hughes, J. Mascaro, D. E. Knapp, J. Jacobson, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, A. Uowolo, J. Clark, and A. Balaji High-resolution forest biomass mapping for REDD: A millionhectare demonstration in Hawai i combining satellite, aircraft and field measurements. Technical Report. Mascaro, J. and S. A. Schnitzer Response of forest ecosystems to variable disturbance severity. In Burk, A. R., ed. New developments in ecology research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY. Mascaro, J State of ignorance: Michael Crichton s call to arms. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 131. Mascaro, J Aboveground biomass accumulation in a tropical wet forest following catastrophic hurricane disturbance. B.S. Thesis. The University of Michigan. Academic Honors and Awards Graduate Research Fellowship Program. NSF, $120,000, Golda Meir Scholarship. Libraries Department, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, $4,500, Graduate School Fellowship. Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, $9,000, Ray Hatcher Scholarship. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, $400, Graduate Research Fellowship Program. NSF, honorable mention, Ruth Walker travel award. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, $900, Chancellor s award. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, $13,000, Peter C. Mertz Scholarship. University of Michigan, $1,500, Research Experience for Undergraduates. NSF, $3,000 stipend, Grants Received Ruth Walker Grant-in-aid. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, $1,000, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. NSF, $12,000, Graduate Student Research Assistant Program. Applied Ecological Services, $4,500, Private Donation. Friends of the Pheasant Branch Conservancy, $150,

4 Invited Presentations Beyond Forest Cover: High-resolution Carbon Mapping in Support of REDD+. Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative Workshop on REDD+: Technical, Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions. Panama City, Panama. April 7-8, Carbon Landscapes Through Time in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument. Center for Tropical Forest Science Seminar Series. Panama City, Panama. February 15, Controls over Aboveground Carbon Storage on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Bambi Seminar, Barro Colorado Island, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Gamboa, Panama. February 17, Rotary Club Seminar. Trenton, Michigan Institute for Pacific Islands Forestry, United States Forest Service, Hilo, Hawai i Urban Ecology Center Research Lecture Series. Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Scholar and the Library Series. Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Contributed Presentations Asner, G., R. F. Hughes, G. Powell, J. Mascaro, et al., HSBC Climate Partnership Research Midterm Review, Panama Mascaro, J., S. A. Schnitzer, and R. F. Hughes. ESA annual meetings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mascaro, J., S. A. Schnitzer, and R. F. Hughes. ESA annual meetings, San Jose, California Becklund, K. K., J. Mascaro, R. F. Hughes, and S. A. Schnitzer. ESA annual meetings, San Jose, California Mascaro, J., S. A. Schnitzer, and R. F. Hughes. Hawai i Ecosystems Project annual meetings, University of Hawai i at Hilo, Hawai i Mascaro, J., S. A. Schnitzer, and W. P. Carson. ESA annual meetings, Memphis, Tennessee. Mascaro, J., S. A. Schnitzer, R. F. Hughes, and G. Asner. Hawai i Ecosystems Project annual meetings, Volcanoes National Park, Hawai i. Mascaro, J. and S. A. Schnitzer. ESA annual meetings, Montreal, Quebec Mascaro, J. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Biological Sciences Research Symposium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mascaro, J., I. Perfecto, O. Barros, D. H. Boucher, I. Granzow de la Cerda, J. Ruiz, and J. Vandermeer. ESA annual meetings, Portland, Oregon Mascaro, J. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, Hope College, Michigan

5 Research and Teaching Positions Teaching Assistant, The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Introductory Biology, Sep 2004 May 2005; General Soil Science, Sep 2005 Dec Research Consultant, World Wildlife Fund. Aug 2010 Nov Long Term Ecology Research Intern Supervisor, The University of Minnesota. Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota. May 2004 Aug Biocomplexity Intern, USGS Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center. Hawai i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai i. Aug 2003 Dec Long Term Ecology Research Intern, The University of Minnesota. Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota. May 2003 Aug Research Assistant, School of Natural Resources & Environment, The University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. May 2001 Aug 2001, May Research Experience for Undergraduates Invitee, The Organization for Tropical Studies. La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. May 2002 Aug Other Professional Experience Lead Workshop Organizer, Novel Ecosystems: How Invasion and Climate are Shaping the Future of the Biosphere. ESA annual meetings, Milwaukee, Wisconsin InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture RADAR) workshop, Attendee. Sponsored by NASA and NSF. Oxnard, California. October Reviewer for Diversity and Distributions (2011-), Journal of Vegetation Science (2011-), Wetland Ecology & Management (2011-), Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society (2011-), Forest Ecology & Management (2010-), Biological Conservation (2009-), Ecology (2008-), Plant Ecology (2006-), Biotropica (2006-). Professional Affiliations Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Ecological Society of America